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- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
It's clear that inequality in America has grown at a fast clip in recent years. From 1980 to 2010, the top 1 percent's share of income has doubled from 10 percent to 20 percent, while the income share of the bottom 90 percent fell from 65... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Research Summary
'Optimal Incentive Contracts under Inequity Aversion' (with Achim Wambach) ), 2005
We analyze the Moral Hazard problem, assuming that the agent is inequity averse. Our results differ from conventional contract theory and are more in line with empirical findings than these standard results. Our key findings are: Inequity aversion alters the structure... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- News
Harvard Study Warns Business Community Of Economic Inequality Risks
- 22 Aug 2010
- News
Income Inequality and Financial Crises
- 19 Oct 2010
- News
The curious politics of income inequality
- 11 Jan 2012
- News
Business the solution to social inequities
- October 2024
- Article
Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective
By: Sanaz Mobasseri, William A. Kahn and Robin J. Ely
This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. organizations and to inform an approach for disrupting it. We treat White men as the dominant group and Black people as the archetypal subordinate group... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Organizational Culture; Gender; Power and Influence; Employees; Attitudes
Mobasseri, Sanaz, William A. Kahn, and Robin J. Ely. "Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective." Academy of Management Review 49, no. 4 (October 2024): 718–745.
- 04 Nov 2015
- News
M.B.A.s Get Lessons in Income Inequality
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
- December 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
Income Inequality and the CEO Pay Ratio at TJX Cos
By: Ethan Rouen and Akari Furukawa
TJX Companies reported a CEO pay ratio of 1,596-to-1 in 2019, leaving board chair Carol Meyrowitz with a host of questions about whether, and how, she could take action to address concerns raised by having one of the highest pay ratios in the S&P 500. As a retail... View Details
Keywords: CEO Pay Ratio; Income; Equality and Inequality; Executive Compensation; Corporate Disclosure; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Rouen, Ethan, and Akari Furukawa. "Income Inequality and the CEO Pay Ratio at TJX Cos." Harvard Business School Case 120-063, December 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
- 09 Sep 2015
- News
Even Harvard B-school alums are fretting over income inequality
- September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
- Background Note
African American Inequality in the United States
By: Janice H. Hammond, A. Kamau Massey and Mayra G. Garza
This note describes how historical and on-going policies and practices that discriminate against African Americans led to present-day inequality. Topics include slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, “black codes,” and policies and practices relating to criminal justice,... View Details
Keywords: African Americans; Justice; Slavery; Discrimination; Race; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Policy; History; United States
Hammond, Janice H., A. Kamau Massey, and Mayra G. Garza. "African American Inequality in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 620-046, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
- 20 Apr 2017
- News
Earth 2.0: Is Income Inequality Inevitable?
- 14 Sep 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Digital Labor Market Inequality and the Decline of IT Exceptionalism
- Article
Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations
By: Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn
Negotiation is a process that creates, reinforces, and reduces gender inequality in organizations, yet the study of gender in negotiation has little connection to the study of gender in organizations. We review the literature on gender in job negotiations from... View Details
Keywords: Gender; Body of Literature; Negotiation Process; Organizational Culture; Research; Behavior; Equality and Inequality
Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations." Academy of Management Annals 2 (2008): 99–132.
- 17 Oct 2014
- News
A passion for alleviating poverty and inequality
Patricio (“Pato”) Bichara (MBA 2015) is passionate about the need to alleviate poverty and inequality in his native Mexico and the role he expects to play in this challenge. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 26 Apr 2021
- News
Inequality and Agency in Employee Resource Groups
- June 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Teaching Note
Inequality and the "American Model" (TN)
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note for (9-703-025). View Details
Keywords: United States